Quiet Years

Famous quotes containing the words quiet and/or years:

“Francisco. For this relief much thanks. ‘Tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
Bernardo. Have you had quiet guard?
Francisco. Not a mouse stirring.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)